Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band Set To Present Annual Fall Concert
BUFFALO GROVE, IL — As it has for the past 23 years, the Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band is set to present its annual fall concert. This year's concert, "A Heard of Goats," will feature music of the finest composers from the 19th and 20th centuries, some originally for wind bands and others transcribed from music written originally for orchestra, according to the Village of Buffalo Grove.
The concert will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 16, at Vernon Hills High School, 145 Lakeview Parkway. Ticket prices for adults are $10 in advance, and $12 at the door; seniors (55 & older) and students with ID are $8. Advance tickets are available for purchase online at tickets.bgsb.org , as well as at Buffalo Grove Village Hall, 50 Raupp Blvd., or from any band member.
Featured composers will include Persichetti, Verdi, Weber, Johann Strauss, Bizet, Stravinsky and Aaron Copland. There will be multiple featured soloists from the Band as well, including Randy Murray (trumpet), Music Director Howard Green (clarinet) and former WFMT Radio Host Scott Thomas narrating A Lincoln Portrait. The Band will also present the complete suites of music from the beloved opera Carmen by Georges Bizet.
"This concert will provide selections for almost all interests and promises to be an exciting and enjoyable evening," Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band Director Howard Green said. "If you have ever heard some of our selections played by orchestras, you will be pleased and surprised by the colors that can be achieved when they are performed by a concert band."
The Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band, now in its 24th year, is one of the premier Community Bands in Northern Illinois and is a program of the Village of Buffalo Grove, its Founding Music Director, Howard Green, and Associate Conductor Allison Rakickas.
